NY: Crews Rescue Injured Hunter

GOWANDA, NY - As Drew Carriero, 18, of Gowanda continues his recovery at
ECMC, his parents issued a statement Wednesday thanking everyone responsible
for his successful rescue from Zoar Valley.

Andrew "Drew" Carriero, has been moved out of the hospital's Trauma/ICU
unit and continues to improve after falling off a nearly 100 foot cliff
Monday morning while deer hunting.

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Rescuers say Carriero, a Jamestown Community College freshman who is
pursuing studies in law enforcement, suffered a broken leg, cuts, scrapes,
and a possible arm fracture and head injuries. Six others, including the
Gowanda police chief, were also pulled from the creek bed after they went
down into the gorge to help with the rescue.

The Gowanda police chief was taken to Lakeshore Hospital in Irving to be
treated for hypothermia. He was released a few hours later.

Monday's rescue effort was centered off Point Peter Road in an area known
as the Deer Lick Sanctuary.

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